On the verge of his World Cup debut, Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler explains why he turned down moves to European clubs, including Queens Park Rangers and Birmingham City, saying, "When I made my list of what was important to me at the time, the money and the salary part of it wasn't at the top of the list. No. 1 in the list was what situation is going to help me to be most successful. ... Every comparison I made with QPR, Birmingham, there was a team in Belgium … I just found that Kansas City was the best choice.”